# NTSB MIA66A0018: Beechcraft A35, N615B, Mathiston, MS, August 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 5, 1965
- Place: Mathiston, MS · MATHISTON, MS
- Location: 33.5389° N, 89.1259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mathiston, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5389&lon=-89.1259&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0890   65/8/5  NR.MATHISTON MISS     BEECHCRAFT A35      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 400
        TIME - 1226                    N615B               PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-LOST CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- PILOT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED BUT FLYING IFR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N615B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N615B-1965-09-21), registration cancelled 1965-09-21, S/N D-1638 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT A35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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